M2 crash J6–J5

Crash on the M2 at J6–J5 on Saturday 31 October 2026, from 12:53. Cleared at 16:37 after 3 h 44 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:37 on 31 Oct 2026, after 3 h 44 min

Location

M2 J6–J5

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~57 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Sat 12:53 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~20 min
2. Sat 12:58 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~20), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
3. Sat 13:03 TomTom: delay now ~43 min (was ~28)
4. Sat 16:22 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Incident”
5. Sat 16:37 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Sat 16:37 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Incident

Other recent incidents on the M2

• M2 reported crash J3–J4 eastboundyesterday 18:32 · cleared after 50 min
• M2 crash J6–J5yesterday 07:34 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M2 stopped traffic J4–J3Thu 15:00 · cleared after 4 h 27 min
• M2 crash J4–J3 eastbound28 Oct 2026 00:18 · cleared after 31 h 37 min
• M2 crash J3–J4 eastbound26 Oct 2026 12:53 · cleared after 5 h 3 min
• M2 closed J4–J326 Oct 2026 12:44 · cleared after 14 min
• M2 crash J3–J2 westbound26 Oct 2026 08:49 · cleared after 42 min
• M2 crash J2 westbound22 Oct 2026 06:31 · cleared after 4 h 34 min
• M2 crash J3–J2 westbound18 Oct 2026 14:59 · cleared after 36 min
• M2 reported crash J2 westbound17 Oct 2026 17:01 · cleared after 59 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M2 J6 and M2 J5.

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